Big (Blue) Sky
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We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.
September 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too.
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too.
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
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NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
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You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
June 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
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Backing candidates in gerrymandered red districts: $0
Backing young primary candidates: $0
James Carville: $100,000
Free Tacos for Republicans: $360,000
Backing progressive candidates at all anywhere: $0
someone who is good at electoralism please send me $5 my party is dying
Backing young primary candidates: $0
James Carville: $100,000
Free Tacos for Republicans: $360,000
Backing progressive candidates at all anywhere: $0
someone who is good at electoralism please send me $5 my party is dying
Democrats will hand out free tacos to mock Trump
Democrats will hand out free tacos to mock Trump
Because of the president's tariff chaos, "TACO" has become shorthand for Trump Always Chickens Out.
www.motherjones.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Backing candidates in gerrymandered red districts: $0
Backing young primary candidates: $0
James Carville: $100,000
Free Tacos for Republicans: $360,000
Backing progressive candidates at all anywhere: $0
someone who is good at electoralism please send me $5 my party is dying
Backing young primary candidates: $0
James Carville: $100,000
Free Tacos for Republicans: $360,000
Backing progressive candidates at all anywhere: $0
someone who is good at electoralism please send me $5 my party is dying
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We’re all in fucking love with Costco because it gives us a hotdog! And the hotdog isn’t even free it’s just a good value! That’s like the best thing we have left! Hotdog!
May 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We’re all in fucking love with Costco because it gives us a hotdog! And the hotdog isn’t even free it’s just a good value! That’s like the best thing we have left! Hotdog!
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Gillibrand:
May 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gillibrand:
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Here's a complete list of *everything* in the GOP megabill, thanks to heroic efforts from @aliciaparlap.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and Josh Katz. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save
We highlighted the substantive changes made by House Republicans to secure the support of several holdout members.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here's a complete list of *everything* in the GOP megabill, thanks to heroic efforts from @aliciaparlap.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and Josh Katz. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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@joshtpm.bsky.social reports today that defenders of science research have proposed that senators visit the NIH (and invite the media) to hear about the research on cures being shut down there. Yet Democratic Senate staff have declined, saying it doesn't fit with their comms strategy. [head desk]
Fight or Don’t Fight and Take the Consequences
It’s become almost commonplace in recent years, and especially in the last...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social reports today that defenders of science research have proposed that senators visit the NIH (and invite the media) to hear about the research on cures being shut down there. Yet Democratic Senate staff have declined, saying it doesn't fit with their comms strategy. [head desk]
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yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP.
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
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Kinda insane and shows how afraid the networks are of upsetting this administration that a guy who killed 7 people and wounded 48 with “47” literally tattooed on his face has all but been forgotten like there’s still not a very serious threat emanating from every pore of this pathetic cult
April 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Kinda insane and shows how afraid the networks are of upsetting this administration that a guy who killed 7 people and wounded 48 with “47” literally tattooed on his face has all but been forgotten like there’s still not a very serious threat emanating from every pore of this pathetic cult
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this is, by definition, not an "immigration crackdown"
April 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
this is, by definition, not an "immigration crackdown"
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If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.
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It's important for people to understand that we're on a trajectory that eventually leads to political prisoners (first non-citizens, then citizens) being sent to these camps.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's important for people to understand that we're on a trajectory that eventually leads to political prisoners (first non-citizens, then citizens) being sent to these camps.
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the chart perverts never seem to post this chart
April 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the chart perverts never seem to post this chart
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Wow. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognizes Palestine as a state. Here she welcomes Palestinian ambassador Nadya Rasheed.
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
March 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wow. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognizes Palestine as a state. Here she welcomes Palestinian ambassador Nadya Rasheed.
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
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The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services.
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
March 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services.
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
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From 2018, and continuing to steward us into fascism every day since.
March 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From 2018, and continuing to steward us into fascism every day since.
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The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.